Central Star.

This is a planet in the Allenberg Galaxy, a star system located in the Milky Way galaxy.

It is about 1.4 times the diameter of the Earth, surrounded by a large layer of rocky rock, and inside is hot lava that orbits the star Allenburg. Each time it orbits Alumbo, it rotates 428 times, so the year here is 428 days, and each day is 83 minutes longer than the Earth.

After the discovery of this planet by the new federal government, it has been transformed into a habitable planet for more than 100 years, and in the year 5142 of the Earth calendar, it was designated as the capital star of the new federation.

In 6457, the new federation moved its capital to Sanctuary Star, and the Central Star was established as the second capital. Although it is no longer the center of the human world, it still retains much of its former prosperity and continues to this day.

Phoenix City, Central Star Lingsen Region.

Standing in front of the gates of the Academy, Jonny Renault looked at the ancient complex with curiosity, shock and a little admiration. Its appearance is quaint and vicissitudes, and in the complex of buildings full of modern technology, it is like a stubborn old man, sticking to his territory.

This is the Alpha Military Academy, which has been on the Central Star for more than eight hundred years. In the past 800 years, it has sent more than 3 million outstanding cadets to the Federation, and more than 40 percent of these cadets eventually became senior Union officers, including 20,000 generals, 600 marshals, 28 military commanders, and two federal presidents.

It is this glory that makes it the best military academy in the new federation, and more than 100 million young people with military dreams apply for this military academy every year, but the Alpha Military Academy only admits 12,000 cadets.

It can be said that before the cadets here set foot on the battlefield, they will first experience a war, a war that will be won by hundreds of millions of people.

As one of the 12,000 victors, Renault finally arrived. Looking at the ancient gate of the academy, a smile appeared on his slightly immature face.

Patting the B35 self-transporting robot next to him, Renault walked towards the door, and the little robot automatically followed behind.

An academy guard stopped him: "New students, please show proof of enrollment." ”

Renault handed over the certificate: "May I ask how to get to the ship branch?" ”

"Go in and keep walking, and when you see the fork in the road, take the one on the left." The guard returned the certificate: "Okay, you can go in, but the robot can't take it." According to the regulations of the college, all students are not allowed to use any life robots during the enrollment period, and all students must rely on themselves to solve problems. ”

"Okay." Renault took his bag out of the self-propelled robot and handed it to the guard: "This is a gift from me when I was three years old, and it has been with me for fifteen years, so please help me take care of it......"

Bang!

The guards had skillfully dismantled the B35's drive and threw it in the back, only to find that the self-propelled robots there had formed a small mountain.

Renaud swallowed hard: "...... Well, goodbye, my partner. ”

Carrying his bag and entering the academy gates, Renault strolled down the academy boulevard.

The academy was very quiet, and there were no flying cars flying in the sky, only students wearing military uniforms without rank walking on the road.

This is rare on the outside, and Alpha Academy is like an ancient and closed world, slowly revealing its mysterious corner to Renault in a unique way.

Following the path guided by the guards, Renault quickly came to the ship branch, went to the freshman office to register, and went to the cadet area after receiving the freshman key.

As soon as I came to the student area, I saw a large number of people standing on the playground, carrying various packages in their hands, obviously new students.

On the opposite side of them, there was a large group of cadets wearing college uniforms who were getting together to talk and laugh about something, and there were also a series of the latest XI Edifier motorwalkers, which were only suitable for solo flight, just like aerial motorcycles, and there were anti-collision cushions around them, which were very suitable for low-altitude flights.

Seeing Renault coming, a student with a hooked nose shouted, "Another one." Hey, you, go and bring him here! ”

A small new cadet had already run over, came to Renault's side, grabbed Renault and walked towards the group.

Renault stood still.

The little student tugged again and said, "Don't resist, or they will get you in trouble." ”

Renault looked at the people: "But they are also students." ”

"Second grade!" The little man pulled Renault towards the group.

"Isn't second grade amazing?"

"This is a military academy, where the subordinates obey the superiors, and the recruits obey the veterans, so the new students must obey the old ones! This is something that everyone has to go through. Don't be nervous, it's nothing, it's just a little welcome party, and of course, it's not so easy to accept in style. "The little man had stuffed Renaud into the line and stood with him.

"You look familiar with this place."

The little man showed pride on his face: "I grew up here, and I know everything around here. Oh yes, my name is Ratchey, Ratchey Witner, and everybody calls me Tiny. ”

"Jonny Reno, from Chiledun."

The little man's eyes shone brightly: "Is it that Chiledan star in the Rainbow Star Ring Area?" I've heard that the starry sky there is beautiful, there are three moons, and they glow in three colors at night. It is said that the headquarters of the Starlight Pirates are located there. ”

"That's why I came to be a soldier." Renault replied.

"You don't like them?" Xiao Budian asked a nonsense sentence very brainlessly.

"They killed my parents."

"Oh...... I'm sorry. ”

"It's okay."

As he spoke, the hooked nose in front of him had already said loudly: "Shut up, don't speak." ”

All new students stopped talking to each other at the same time.

Hooknose smiled and said, "Okay, rookies, welcome to the Alpha Military Academy, the best military academy in the Federation." As a welcome to the new recruits, we are throwing a great welcome party for you guys! ”

Someone raised his hand and said weakly, "Is it okay not to participate?" ”

"That's not going to work." Hooknose smiled evilly and said, "It's a tradition, every freshman has to participate." If you don't participate, it means breaking away from the collective. Do you know what it means to be out of the collective in the army? ”

The freshman immediately stopped talking.

"Very well, that means there are no objections. Next, we have to announce the rules of the welcome party. The hook nose clapped his hands, and several old students in the distance slammed the door open beside them, and the searchlights slammed on, shining inside, revealing old motorboats, which looked old in color and old models, and I don't know how many years they have existed.

"It's the A-series motorwalker from the Ear company, hell, these classic cars have been discontinued, where did they get so much." Little Bit Lackey whispered.

These cars are now known by a nickname called Old A, which is used to describe their antiquity.

Eagle Hooknose has already shouted loudly: "The rules are very simple, each person has an old A, and after riding, set off from here, all the way to the top of the opposite mountain, as long as you can come to the mountain, there will be a grand welcome party waiting for you." For safety reasons, all footcraft are implanted with height restriction procedures, and neither you nor we can fly more than three meters above the ground. ”

"It's as simple as that?" Someone asked stupidly.

A smug smile appeared on Hooknose's face: "Of course, there will be some minor troubles. That's ......"

He suddenly rolled over and stepped onto the motorboat beside him, took an old-fashioned live-fire rifle from the motorboat, and said, "We will chase you after you." ”

Everyone's faces turned white with fright.

Renault looked at the gun and suddenly said, "Rubber bullets in there?" ”

The hook nose was hooked, looked at Renault, and shrugged: "Okay, finally a smart man." ”

He turned the muzzle of the gun and fired suddenly at Renault, and a rubber bullet had already hit him in the face.

Hot pain.

The hook nose patted the barrel of the gun and said, "Although it is a rubber bullet, it hurts a lot when it hits the body." Run away with all your might before we catch up and take you down! Hahahaha! ”

He laughed wildly.

"But it's not fair. You drive the latest motorboats and guns, and we only have those classic cars! "There were freshmen protesting.

"Shut up!" Hooknose shouted loudly: "This is the Alpha Military Academy Ship Branch, and everyone who comes here is someone who will be the captain of the ship in the future!" How can the captain be afraid of a challenge! Remember, a good captain will never let someone shoot down their own ship, whether it's a starship or a foot boat! ”

Xiao Budian leaned into Renault's ear: "I guess he didn't invent this." ”

Renault nodded approvingly.

"Of course, we'll give you some chances." Hooknose continued, "You can leave a minute early. ”

"What's the use of a minute, it's not even enough for me to get acquainted with the performance of that classic car." Little muttered.

This kind of classic car, many functions are different from the current car, and you must be familiar with it before officially driving it.

Renault replied: "Don't worry, the old A is actually very simple, the biggest difference between it and the current motorwalk boat is that it does not have an automatic flight system, it all depends on the manual, the red dot on the left-hand joystick is the starting part, but it must be pressed three times instead of once, and the stopping part is not in the hand but under the foot." ”

Xiao Budian was surprised to hear it: "Have you ever driven this kind of car?" ”

Renault replied: "Children without parents are usually poorer. ”

The hook-nosed laugh continued.

He laughed for a moment before stopping: "Don't worry, it's done like this here every year, it's safe." So, what are you talking about? Why don't you go soon? The countdown begins, one! ”

Hell, the timing didn't even start when you got in the car.

All the freshmen scolded together, turned around and rushed to the garage.

The hook nose pointed the muzzle of the gun at the sky, pulled the trigger, and a string of rubber bullets shot into the sky.

He shouted frantically, "Move, run, jump, cheer." This is the Alpha Military Academy, remember my name, Speed Matthew Alifield! ”

"I'm going to beat you all the out!"

With a whining roar, the little little Nick Rakhi's motorwalk boat was activated.

Renault is right, the biggest pitfall of this classic car is that it has to press the start button three times in a row. If Renault hadn't reminded himself, he would have wasted a long time on this.

But now, he was destined to be one of the first to rush out, which would give him the opportunity to become one of the freshmen who flew to the top of the mountain.

That's the pride of all freshmen!

"Hah! Let's go Renault. Rage shouted.

Looking back, Rage was dumbfounded.

Renault was running up to the students and shouted loudly one by one: "Press the red dot three times in a row, that's the start button!" The brakes are on the feet! ”

As Renault ran, one steamboat after another burst into action and rushed out of the garage.

"Renault, what are you doing?" Little Buddy shouted, "We could have rushed to the front." ”

Renault looked back at him.

He shook his head and said, "They are not competitors, they are our classmates, and they are future comrades-in-arms!" ”

Lachee paused, and then he turned to the other students and shouted, "Hurry up, red button, press three times in a row, remember to brake on your foot." ”

More motorboats rushed out of the garage, and seeing everyone out, Renault stepped onto the last A-Series.

As the last person to choose, the car Renault rode was naturally the most broken, and even the rearview mirror was rotten.

But he didn't care, starting the old A, he nodded at Lachey, and the two of them had rushed out of the garage.

By this time, the minute was almost up.

Seeing everyone rushing out of the garage, Matthew and a group of other students had a ghostly look on their faces.

Last year, a third of their freshmen fell in the garage alone.

Have all this year's freshmen been drugged? It's so fierce.

Matthew couldn't wait to shout: "It's time, everyone get in the car!" ”

In fact, there are still five seconds left, but at this moment, Matthew can't hold it anymore.

Just as he shouted that the time was up, Renault and Little Dots had already rushed out of the garage.

Hearing Matthew's call, Renault looked back and saw that the group of old students had already gotten into the car.

A flash of light suddenly flashed in Renault's eyes.

He jerked around and rushed in the direction of the old student.

"Hell, Renault, what are you doing?" Xiao Budian shouted in fright.

This was the second time he had shouted it.

The sudden shock made everyone stupid.

The speedboat with a white air stream rushed to the side of the old students like a huge rubber bullet rumbling past.

One rambler after another flew into the sky, and even the old students sitting in the car were also lifted away.

The flopping vehicles, the dancing old students, the cries of terror and the furious clamor formed a spectacular picture at this moment.

Old A drew a graceful arc in the air, staying above the heads of the old students, and Renault made a saluting gesture to everyone: "A good captain will never let others shoot down his own ship, and will launch a counterattack if necessary." ”

As he spoke, he slammed the accelerator, and the old man stepped into the speedboat.

"Well done, Renault!" Little Ruchi shouted excitedly, and flew away with Renault in his old A.

"Bastard!" Matthew angrily slapped his rambler.

He turned around and shouted, "What are you waiting for? Catch up with that bastard and finish him off! ”

"Kill him!" All the old students shouted.

They picked up the Ramblers, and as the roaring engines turned, the Ramblers sped out and chased after Renault.

They flew through the academy, and the height limit prevented them from flying their walkboats higher, so they had to navigate through buildings. The impact at high speed makes it necessary for the driver to concentrate on the driving or risk crashing into the wall if he is not careful. Even with a crash cushion, the feeling of falling from a three-metre height in the air is definitely not pleasant. It is also possible to break a bone if you don't get it right.

But the cadets didn't care.

They drove the Rambler frantically, rifles in hand, and kept firing rubber bullets in front of them.

Bullets whizzed behind Renault's head, hitting the walls around him, on the car, with a crisp sound.

Renault lowered his head and steered his speedboat to make a sharp turn, and the speedboat made a ninety-degree turn before narrowly hitting a glass window, and flew past the glass window. The student behind the window whistled in admiration, he was not worried about the glass being broken, all the windows and walls here were specially reinforced to cope with this kind of scene.

The whistling group of speedboats formed a huge torrent in the academy and sailed wildly, and there were many pairs of eyes staring at this scene all over the academy.

This is a repertoire that the Ship Branch has every year, and people use this way to judge the possible people of the next session, and occasionally make a small bet or something, such as how many people will successfully reach the top of the mountain this time.

The distance from the academy to the top of the mountain is not too short, and with the speed of the old A, it is impossible not to be overtaken by the Rambler. The only hope that will allow them to escape to the top of the mountain is the height limited, with buildings in the academy and woods in the mountains. The speedboat had to travel between the buildings and the trees to reach the top of the mountain.

This is an obstacle course, not a pure speed race, where the role of technology is maximized and the lack of vehicles is fully compensated.

Despite this, this is still a problem for most new students. The second-year students have already undergone a year of training and adaptation, and their skills are definitely much stronger than that of the freshmen, and they are more familiar with the terrain than the freshmen.

Therefore, in the previous years, most of the freshmen ended up being shot down.

This year, however, there are some exceptions.

Renault glanced back behind him, where a whizzing group of speedboats was in hot pursuit.

There is no doubt that he stabbed the hornet's nest, and the old students no longer chased the other students, but all came to chase Renault.

Renault smiled, his wrist turned, Old A roared and accelerated, and another air spun into the side of the road, a large number of rubber bullets whistling past him, hitting the glass window with a clang.

The white air currents cut a huge S-shape in the air, winding into the distance, and submerging into the gloomy jungle.

They finally flew out of the academy and into the woods.

And so far, the old students have not laid down a single new student.

"Matthew, if you can't go on like this, we'll let everyone else run away! Can't chase that cunning boy anymore, he's slippery than a fish. Someone shouted at Matthew.

"No, I must catch up with him!" Matthew shouted angrily, "He humiliated me." ”

"If you don't stop chasing him, you're going to humiliate us all. We will be the first to have all the freshmen climb to the top of the mountain! ”

Matthew was stunned, and finally shouted unwillingly: "Okay, Baier, you and I will chase that guy, and the others will find their own targets." ”

"Understood!" The old students responded together, and the team that had been gathered together finally dispersed.

It's like a hunter chasing his prey, and each old student locks on to a new student and starts a chase in the mountains and forests.

The whistling rubber bullets hit the trees and fallen leaves, and the battlefield scene in the mountains and forests was constructed as if it were real / live ammunition, which is exactly what the academy wants the students to feel.

From the first day they enter the academy, they must understand what their future holds.

If they can't stand the vibe, it's good for everyone to quit now.

Bang!

A rubber bullet struck a freshman in the back, causing his hands to shake through the pain and the vehicle spun out of control and crashed headlong into a tree. The crash cushion didn't hurt him too much, but the concussion of the fall from a great height still made the freshman groan in pain.

"Kill one!" An old student shouted triumphantly.

The next moment, a speedboat rushed out of the diagonal spur and crashed into him, knocking him to the ground along with the people and the boat.

"I'll kill one too." Stopping in the air, Renault said slowly.

He said to the new student who was lying on the ground, "Can you still get up?" ”

"It's okay." The freshman reluctantly replied.

"Then get up and keep flying."

"What?" The freshman froze: "But I've been shot down." ”

"The rules don't say you can't get up again if you don't get shot down, and there's a better one here." Renault pointed to the rambler he had knocked over, smiled at the freshman, and drove his old A away quickly.

Behind them were Matthew and Bayer, and Matthew was going mad.

This bastard is the greatest humiliation to him that he has time to do something else under his own pursuit.

"I won't let you go!" He noticed that a freshman below was going to help the rambler on the ground, and knew what he wanted to do, and at that moment he suddenly made a decision.

With a sinister smile on his face, Matthew spun his engine into a low roar.

He lowered his height and slammed into the freshman.

The ferocious impact knocked the freshman into the air, and although the anti-collision air cushion kept him from serious injury, the huge impact still knocked him unconscious and collapsed to the ground.

Seeing this scene, Renault gritted his teeth and said, "You bastard!" ”

"He's been implicated by you! Brat! Matthew shouted frantically, like madness.

Because of being teased by Renault repeatedly, anger is burning his reason and making him unreasonable, at this moment he just wants to catch up with Renault, tear him off the old A, and then use the gun in his hand to teach this damn freshman a lesson, let him know the price of arrogance!

He chased after him frantically.

Seeing this, Renault began to deliberately slow down.

He dodged the bullets through the mountains, and as Matthew and Bair got closer, he suddenly reached out and pulled at the branch next to him.

The branch was bent with Renault's high-speed movement, and then Renault let go, and the bounced branch jumped up violently and hit Bair as he flew over. Although the attack was not heavy, the sudden attack still made Bayer panic for a moment.

The panic resulted in him losing control and crashing headfirst into a tree.

"Beyer!" Matthew shouted, looked at his partner, or decided to ignore it and continue to chase Renault.

"I'm going to kill you!" Matthew shouted frantically.

He replaced his gun with a new magazine and continued to shoot at Renault desperately, the rubber bullet carrying his rage, spitting out frantically and hitting Renault in the back.

Renault shook a little, and Old A had already grazed a big tree and flew into the bushes, and Renault rolled down from the car and threw himself into the grass.

Matthew laughed: "You can't run now." ”

He circled through the air and rushed over.

Just as Old A rushed into the bushes, Renault suddenly jumped up.

He leaped out of the grass, jumped high and grabbed a tree, and kicked at Matthew.

This time it came down so fast that Matthew only felt a pain in his chest, and he had been kicked off the speedboat by Renault.

Renault jumped to the ground with a loose hand, kicked Matthew again, trampled him to the ground, and snatched his gun from him.

"You bastard......" Matthew hadn't finished his sentence before he had already been smashed by Renault with the butt of his gun.

The muzzle of the gun was pointed at Matthew.

The momentum of the host and the guest was reversed in an instant.

Looking at Matthew Renault and coldly said, "You shouldn't have done that just now." ”

"I don't need you to teach me a lesson!" Matthew said angrily.

Renault pointed the muzzle of the gun at Matthew's face: "Are you sure?" ”

Ma Xiu hesitated: "You don't dare to do this, my father is a general." ”

Renaud nodded, "Thank you for telling me the reason why you are so incompetent and yet you can be their leader." I don't care, though. ”

He pulled the trigger and slammed all the remaining bullets in his face.

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Dropping the gun, Renault helped his old A back.

Although it hit a bit, it still works.

The old stuff is sometimes just that, it's good, it's durable, it's durable.

Re-riding the old A, Renault flew all the way.

No one came to him this time for trouble.

When he reached the top of the mountain, Renault saw that there was already a group of freshmen on the mountain.

A grand welcome party is being held at the top of the mountain, and the entire summit has been arranged into a huge venue.

At the top of the venue is a high platform, and below it is a long platform that circles the top of the mountain, and the long platform is covered with snow-white tablecloths, which are filled with fruits, wines, and all kinds of rich food.

In the center of the venue is the dance floor, where the students talk and dance, the male students are handsome and chic, and the female students are bright and moving.

Above the high platform is a three-dimensional video screen, which can observe everything below from any angle in all directions, and divide countless images.

When Renault came to the high platform, he saw that the countless divided images suddenly changed, turning into his own appearance, standing on the top of the mountain.

A high-pitched, excited voice echoed in the air: "Behold, our king is coming!" ”

"Oh!" Everyone cheered.

Reynolds noticed that everyone was looking at him together, and they raised their glasses to themselves.

What's going on?

Renault hasn't understood yet.

One of the cadets had already come up and said, "What's your name?" ”

"Jonny Renault." Renault replied.

"His name is Renault!" The student shouted loudly, and the PA equipment he was carrying told him to reach far away.

"Renault! Renault! Renault! Renault! "Everyone is shouting.

Renault saw that Xiao Budian was also in the crowd, he walked up to Xiao Budian and asked, "What's going on?" ”

"Nothing." Xiao Budian shrugged and replied, "Every year, the orientation meeting of the Ship Branch will select one of the freshmen with the best performance among the freshmen, and this best freshman will be the king tonight." Since you were the most outstanding tonight, with 92 percent of the people voting for you, you were voted the king of the ball tonight with an overwhelming vote. As the king, you will have the right to choose a beautiful woman to be your dance partner for the night, and the other party will not be allowed to refuse. ”

Xiao Budian said and smiled: "Seize the opportunity." ”

Only then did Renault come to his senses, he looked around and saw countless female students secretly sending autumn waves to him.

As female cadets, they may not participate in the speedboat race, but they must accept the king's selection.

After thinking about it, Renault asked softly, "What if you don't choose?" ”

Xiao Bu spread his hands: "That means breaking away from the organization and alienating everyone." You know what this result means in the military, right? ”

Damn it!

Renault had no choice but to look around.

The young girls were waving to him, and some of them were bold and unrestrained, and even took the initiative to make various seduction gestures at Renault.

His eyes wandered among the girls, and finally, Renault's eyes fell on a girl with long pale blonde hair.

Her eyes looked clear, and when Renault looked at her, she neither encouraged nor refused, but instead smiled faintly.

The smile touched Renault's heart, and he walked over and stood beside the girl.

Say, "Hello, I'm Jonny Reno. ”

"I know." The girl replied, "You said it before." ”

Renault's face flushed, he touched his head, and he said, "Can I ask you to be my dance partner tonight?" Uh, I mean, if you don't want to, it's okay, I can ...... again."

"I do." The girl interrupted him and replied directly.

Renaud was stunned by this answer, and when the girl saw him like this, she smiled and took the initiative to meet him, and held him and said, "Claire." My name is Claire Ja Marshall, and I love your performance tonight, you are the first student in the last ten years of Alpha Academy to take the initiative to help all the students leave. ”

"Thank you." Renaud replied, and entered the center of the venue with the girl.

"Claire! He chose Claire! One of the cadets shouted.

"Whew!"

The whistle sounded, and all the cadets whistled and screamed.

This made Renault a little confused: "It looks like I chose an amazing girl, I thought you were a freshman." ”

"I'm a freshman, but the old students here know me." Claire replied.

"Why?"

A sweet smile appeared on Claire's face: "Because my grandfather is the dean of the Military Academy." ”

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PS: It seems that there are many people who don't understand it, so I will say here that this book is a dual timeline. The part about the academy belongs to memories.